RE: CRUISE...CONTROL?

["Mike Miller (Volt) (Exchange)" <a-mikemi@Exchange.MICROSOFT.com>]

I was at the local Porsche dealer a while back when a clerk shouted out
an oil filter part number and asked for a price check. A guy responded
back asking if it was for the VW or the Porsche. Clerk said VW and the
guy said $4.99 - I asked what it would have been for the Porsche and was
told $8.99. Guess we need to get a cross reference list of compatible
part numbers.

mike

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>From: 	W. Erskine[SMTP:cbwde@digital.net]
>Sent: 	Thursday, July 11, 1996 6:00 AM
>To: 	stagnaro@mail.sdsu.edu
>Cc: 	quattro@coimbra.ans.net
>Subject: 	Re: CRUISE...CONTROL?
>
>Had one of those fiber grommets brake on my car and guess what, my car 
>stuck wide open. At first I thought to myself after defending Audi 
>against unintended acceleration for years its happening to me!  Went 
>to the dealer and found out you had to by the linkage to get that 
>grommet, so I did about $30..  A couple of months later a friend of 
>mine had one of the grommets break on his 84 Golf GTI and he asked me 
>to pic one up at the dealer for him next time I went (to often).  I 
>warned him he would have to buy the rod with it and he agreed.  Got to 
>the dealer and guess what, on VW's they sell these things seperate, 
>and they are identical to the Audi's part cost around $1.50.  Go 
>figure, I guess we do own the luxury brand of VW and maybee we should 
>be able to afford to replace the cylinder heads when we need spark 
>plugs.
>